What you have to do for a citation depends on what information you are given in the database/internet article. For ELA
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Crop Circles
classes, use MLA citation; for other classes, ask your teacher.


Why?



To begin this assignment, open a Word document or a Google Doc and type Works Cited at the top of the page. Name your file and Save it.


Today we are going to research "Unsolved Mysteries." We will look at a variety of sources and create a Works Cited page.


1. Most databases have already created a citation, and you only have to Copy and Paste the citation into your document.


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Bigfoot

2. Some databases will provide the information for the citation at the beginning or end of the article, but it is not in proper citation form. Consequently, you must use a program like EasyBib to create the citation. After the citation is created, Copy and Paste it into your document.

  • Utah's Online Library > EBSCO > Student Research Center

    • Select Full Text

    • Search: Bermuda Triangle (select Norwegian Scientists article)


3. If you find an article from the internet, you have to evaluate it for reliable and credible information, then you must use a program like EasyBib to create the citation. After the citation is created, Copy and Paste it into your document.
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Stonehenge

  • Use site:edu or site:gov to obtain more reliable information

  • Search: "Loch Ness Monster" site:edu NOVA

  • Search: Titanic damage site:gov National Archives



4. If you are using a book as a source, you will sometimes need to know the book's title, author, publisher, publication location, and publication date to create the citation. Sometimes with a
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Loch Ness Monster
book's ISBN number, Easy Bib can create the citation by itself.


5. To cite a photograph or image, cite the webpage it is found on.

  • Search: Stonehenge site:gov



6. Look at this rubric to complete your Works Cited Page.



7. Here is an example of a Work Cited page with proper formatting.